"Kristine Kathryn Rusch - The Room of Lost Souls" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rusch Kristine Kathryn)

Still Hurst works the sensors. HeтАЩs not convinced. HeтАЩs already
spooked, and I donтАЩt like that. I need solid, steady people, not superstitious
ones given to outbursts.

I make a mental note to keep him away from the pilotтАЩs chair during
this part of the mission. And I will tell Karl that later on.

Right now, we settle into work. First we have to use our own
equipment to map the station. Then weтАЩll proceed with a dive plan.

тАЬItтАЩs bigger than I thought,тАЭ Bria says. She has steady hands, which I
appreciate, and a quick sense of humor. Her dark head is bent over the
controls, her hands moving across them as if the Business is a ship sheтАЩs
spent her entire life aboard.

тАЬItтАЩs a lot bigger,тАЭ says Hurst. His hands are shaking. He made it clear
to us when he was hired that heтАЩd never flown a mission like this. HeтАЩd
mostly done combat zones. Active dangerтАФshots, explosionsтАФdoesnтАЩt
bother him. HeтАЩs a quick thinker in that kind of situation, and since Karl and I
didnтАЩt know what we were facing, we wanted one pilot with experience flying
in and out of a constantly changing situation.

тАЬAll our previous readings are wrong,тАЭ Karl says, and thatтАЩs when I
look. He gives me his handheld.

Previous specs showed the station to be one-quarter to one-half the
size of this station.
 тАЬAre we in the right place?тАЭ Roderick asks.

I nod. The coordinates are right. The middle of the station is right as
well.

But I donтАЩt trust it. I do my own scan.

The readings on the exterior of the station are correct except for the
stationтАЩs size. The strange metal, the age of the station itself, its unusual
structure match the past specs.

тАЬWhat the hell?тАЭ Roderick mutters.

Karl has frozen beside me. The hair on the back of my neck has
risen.

тАЬThere are a million explanations,тАЭ Bria says, oblivious to our reaction.
тАЬYou said no one explored the whole thing. Maybe no one mapped it either.
YouтАЩre relying on stuff youтАЩve found in databases, which could be corrupted
or tampered with or just plain wrong.тАЭ

тАЬTrue,тАЭ Hurst says. тАЬIтАЩve run into this all over the sector. Particularly in
the lesser known parts. No one really cares how big something is unless